[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > folks: > I installed octave for windows. But this installation somehow mangled > my cygwin (latest feb 9, 2003 ) > > cygwin no longer recognizes unix type paths > I cannot say > /bin/ls or /cygdrive/d/bin/ls > > It has to be > d:/cygwin/bin/ls > > > How can restore my unix paths?
Sounds like the Octave installer rewrote your mount table. Run: mount -f -s -b "M:/cygwin/bin" "/usr/bin" mount -f -s -b "M:/cygwin/lib" "/usr/lib" mount -f -s -b "M:/cygwin" "/" adapting paths as necessary for your installation. Of course, octave probably won't work after doing that... Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/